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Those Men are Naked!

12/10/08

So my son has been asking me questions about what sumo wrestling is. I have several sumo t-shirts as I am a fan (obviously) so he was curious. I had a friend of mine send me a DVD of the 14th day of the July 2007 tournament. And, we watched a few bouts before going to bed tonight. He loved it! The first thing he shouted was – “those men are naked!” They aren’t (they do wear mawashi). Because he is three, he wanted to wrestle like he saw the rikishi do. So, we did a little play wrestling on the bed. Just like sumo, you put your fists on the ground and then on the count of three, wrestle. When you are done wrestling you have to bow and thank your partner for wrestling with you. These bits are important because he is only three and I now need to worry about whether he will try out his new found sumo skills on the other kids in day care at the gym tomorrow. Oh – and it turns out that Musashimaru is now Oyakata Furiwake (Oyakata is a sumo coach or stable master) of Musashigawa stable. Pretty cool.